Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst commander to be promoted to brigadier general

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST- Col. Gina Grosso, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and 87th Air Base Wing commander, will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general during an official ceremony here April 8.

Brig. Gen. William Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, will be the presiding official during the ceremony.

Grosso, a Virginia native, was nominated for promotion to the rank of brigadier general in December by President Obama and was confirmed by the Senate Dec. 23.

Grosso joined the U.S. Air Force in October 1986 after graduating from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa.